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The War on Cars

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A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon. Pre-order our new book, "Life After Cars," coming Oct 2025 from Thesis / Penguin Random House. https://www.lifeaftercars.com/ https://www.patreon.com/thewaroncarspod

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · Apr 22

Coming October 21st...

"Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile."

A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back.

Pre-order here: www.lifeaftercars.com

Book cover with yellow and black border and white background. Black title: "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile. Sarah Goodyear Doug Gordon Hosts of The War on Cars Podcast and Aaron Naparstek" Graphic shows yellow traffic light with vines on it.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 8h

We are hoping to! Will be at Velo-City in June and might also do London. Also working on some fall 2026 dates.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 10h

Literally down to the last few tickets for our Life After Cars live show at The Bell House with special guest Janette Sadik-Khan. Get 'em before they're gone! Will be a very fun night.

www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062...

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 11h

There is a Citi Bike Station just a few blocks from our recording studio.

The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 11h

We are even willing to find time on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's Calendly.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 11h

We are once again asking @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to come on the podcast.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 3d

"Make cities safe and fun for kids to run around and play in" is a pretty good guiding light for urban planning

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 4d

“In a city once choked with cars and infamous for its traffic snarls, Paris has pulled off a remarkable turnaround…the French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

A victory for FAST leadership.

Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists

The French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 15h

Now with proper link!

Just added another "Life After Cars" book tour stop: White Eagle Hall in Jersey City, NJ on January 21st. Tickets are on sale now!

www.eventim.us/event/LIFE-A...

Buy Tickets to LIFE AFTER CARS: An Evening with Authors in Jersey City on Jan 21, 2026

LIFE AFTER CARS: An Evening with AuthorsThe Future is Multi-ModalJan. 21, 2026 at 7:00PMWhite Eagle HallGeneral Tickets: $25.00Grab your copy of the b

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 15h

Working on it!

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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · Sep 4

”People in Finland are widely opposing the government's plan to scrap the employer-provided bicycle benefit, with more than 50,000 signing a petition against it, Ilta-Sanomat reports.”

Great work, Finns!

yle.fi/a/74-20181021

Thursday's papers: Navigating tax maze, bike benefit protests and summer-like temps

One paper examines how the complexity of planned tax changes could make it difficult for taxpayers to understand their true impact.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 16h

If Trader Joe's supplied more parking but kept the stores the same size the shopping experience inside would be even worse than it can be now. If they made bigger stores with more parking, the vibe of the store would change.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 16h

One of these days we'll do an episode on why the parking lots at Trader Joe's are small. tl;dr: the stores themselves are small compared to other grocery stores which helps them find locations where they don't have to supply massive amounts of parking as mandated by local parking requirements.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 16h

The car is a gateway to fascism everywhere, not just in America

David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 16h

reading about the motorist rights party that just won a load of seats in Czechia

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 16h

Keri Russell, welcome to The War on Cars.

Andrea Learned | Climate Influence Catalyst Ⓥ 🚲 @andrealearned.bsky.social · 1d

More cultural influencers who happily « brand » themselves as car-less #bike riders for local transportation in their #cities *and* journalists like @emilynussbaum.bsky.social @newyorker.com who include that point = #ClimateInfluence | See yourself riding more for short trips!

Screenshot of a few sentences from the « Third Act » feature story on actress Keri Russell that mentions how she bikes everywhere in Brooklyn /NYC and doesn’t have a car.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 16h

We love this. Thank you! And thanks for supporting independent bookstores!

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 16h

preordered @thewaroncars.bsky.social Life after Cars from my local bookstore today, and encouraged them to order some for the shelves too

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you!!

The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 16h

We did not!

The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 16h

As always, Patreon supporters get presale access to all our live events — as well as exclusive bonus content, merch discounts, free stickers, Discord access, and more. Please support the podcast. Thanks!

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Creating a podcast about the fight against car dominance

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 16h

Just added to the "Life After Cars" book tour: Houston, TX! We'll be there on Wednesday, December 10th, hosted by @bikehouston.bsky.social. Tickets on sale soon.

www.bikehouston.org/events/the-w...

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 20h

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 1d

“We assume that car use is an incompressible liquid that must be routed somewhere. But it’s more more like a gas that fills whatever space it is given.”

—Ian Lockwood, Harvard Loeb Fellow, transport planner.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 20h

We're working on it for 2026!

The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 20h

Just added another stop on our tour: Nanaimo, BC! The event is free, but RSVPs are required and donations to Strong Towns Nanaimo are encouraged. You can also preorder a copy of Life After Cars with your RSVP. See you there!

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The War On Cars: The Life After Cars

The hosts of The War on Cars podcast celebrate their new book, Life After Cars.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23h

Cars. Ruin. Everything.

‘Car Brain’ Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won’t Fix It.

A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 1d

New tiny stickers just arrived from @thewaroncars.bsky.social 🤏🏽👀 What's that scrap of paper they were wrapped in? A sneak peek at the new book? #YouSawItHereFirst #TheWarOnCars #LifeAfterCars

5 yellow stickers " the war on cars" and a larger sticker " can you imagine life after cars? Lifeaftercars.com" a scrap of.
Paper that the stickers were wrapped is half of a sheet of a photocopy of a book that reads, " in the way that the fight for better transportation is deeply linked to the fight for more equitable.Sustainable and just society more important.We wanted to army with the tools.You need to implement real transformative change and who are we? To put it simply, we're ordinary people who have been passionate about the need for safe, clean and sustainable transportation for a long time.Doug a TV producer and writer was also a neighborhood.Safe streets advocate, better known online as Brooklyn spoke.Aaron was the founding editor of streets blog, a new site that launched in 2006.It was dedicated to what was then called new york's livable streets renaissance sarah a journalist and...."

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Josh Linden @joshlinden.bsky.social · 2d

One thing I absolutely love about riding a cargo bike around, is how often people will stop to talk to you about it. Especially if it's outfitted with lots of kid gear and associated stickers 😂

So many people are interested in accessible, non-car ways of getting around. It gives me so much hope

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